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Advances in eye care discussed

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COIMBATORE: Advances in the treatment of cataract, management of glaucoma and eye defects in children were some of the areas in eye care that were discussed at a recent two-day national meet, “Eyetrendz’08”, conducted by Lotus Eye Care Hospital here.Inaugurating the meet, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University G. Thiruvasagam stressed the importance of technology in improving various areas of medical science. Innovations in ophthalmology should be used properly to treat blindness, he said. Eye care should be comprehensive. It should consist of preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures.A number of procedures involving latest techniques such as lasik and epilasik were demonstrated during the two-day meet.

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